Intraparty tensions in Michigan's high-stakes Senate race flared again on Friday as Democratic nominee Dr. Abdul El-Sayed and his former primary rival, Representative Haley Stevens, exchanged sharp criticisms just days before the election.
The friction re-emerged after Ms. Stevens issued a public statement demanding that Dr. El-Sayed apologize for his criticisms of Israel and disavow an outside political action committee's advertisement. She also called on him to pull a campaign ad featuring Tucker Carlson. In response, Dr. El-Sayed stated that Ms. Stevens appeared intent on relitigating their closely contested August primary rather than focusing on defeating the Republican nominee, Mike Rogers, and helping Democrats take control of the Senate.
The public sparring followed a brief reprieve brokered earlier in the week by Representative Debbie Dingell and South Carolina power broker Representative James E. Clyburn. That intervention had seemingly secured an agreement for Ms. Stevens and Dr. El-Sayed to appear together alongside Mr. Clyburn at a Detroit church on Sunday. As of Friday evening, however, it remained unclear whether the dueling statements would disrupt their planned joint appearance in the final stretch of the campaign.
